Facebook could take the Andrew Carnegie approach and start creating public access makerspaces in libraries.
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It is part of what is driving small urban manufacturers to create makerspaces or hackerspaces.
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How do we get a conversation going about affordable makerspaces that make these tools more accessible?
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Give makerspaces and hackerspaces a chance to occupy and fix up some of these homes.
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He talks about makerspaces, shared commercial kitchens, libraries that are offering space, and more.
Not long ago, I did a post that listed out some of the makerspaces around the country.
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Many of them are already doing it (partly why makerspaces and innovative models like TechShop are growing, too).
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They could invest a chunk into TechShop and create one of these amazing makerspaces in every major city in America.
This could put more makerspaces on the ground that can help STEM education efforts in small towns and cities across America.
Makerspaces that small urban manufacturers need to get a new business jumpstarted.
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These sorts of places (known interchangeably as makerspaces, maker labs, hackerspaces, etc.) have popped up all over the country in the last few years, and represent a wider movement toward experiential education.
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